9-letter words containing y, i, n
- cnidocyst — a nematocyst.
- coaxingly — to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole: He coaxed her to sing, but she refused.
- coccygian — of or relating to the coccyx
- codifying — Present participle of codify.
- community — The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.
- complying — Present participle of comply.
- concavity — the state or quality of being concave
- concisely — expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse: a concise explanation of the company's retirement plan.
- concyclic — (of a set of geometric points) lying on a common circle
- condignly — (especially of a punishment) appropriate.
- condyloid — of or resembling a condyle
- congruity — the condition or fact of being congruous or congruent
- conically — Also, conical. having the form of, resembling, or pertaining to a cone.
- connivery — the act of conniving
- convexity — the state or quality of being convex
- conveying — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- convoying — Present participle of convoy.
- cordyline — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline that are native to eastern Asia, Australasia, and Polynesia
- corkingly — (informal) In a corking manner; splendidly.
- corn lily — any of several South African iridaceous plants of the genus Ixia, which have coloured lily-like flowers
- countrify — to make countrified.
- cowboying — Present participle of cowboy.
- cranially — With regard to the cranium.
- cravingly — With longing or craving.
- crayoning — Draw with a crayon or crayons.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- crinosity — Hairiness.
- cryogenic — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cullionly — rascally; despicable
- cunningly — skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.
- curtsying — Present participle of curtsey.
- cuttingly — In a cutting manner.
- cyanamide — a white or colourless crystalline soluble weak dibasic acid, which can be hydrolysed to urea. Formula: H2NCN
- cyberzine — (computing) A magazine published on the Internet.
- cybrarian — a person responsible for archives and information available on the internet
- cyclizine — an antihistamine drug used to relieve the symptoms of motion sickness and vertigo
- cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
- cyclopian — having only one eye
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- cylindric — Of or relating to cylinders; shaped like a cylinder.
- cyllenian — of or relating to Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, Greece, or to the god Hermes, reputed to have been born there.
- cymbeline — a romantic drama (1610?) by Shakespeare.
- cynegetic — of or relating to hunting with dogs
- cynically — If you say that someone is cynically doing something, you mean they are doing it to benefit themselves and they do not care that they are deceiving, harming, or using people.
- cynicisms — Plural form of cynicism.
- cynomolgi — plural form of singular cynomolgus: type of monkey
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
- cyprinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a large suborder of teleost fishes including the cyprinids, characins, electric eels, and loaches
- cyrenaica — a region and former province (1951–63) of E Libya: largely desert; settled by the Greeks in about 630 bc; ruled successively by the Egyptians, Romans, Arabs, Turks, and Italians. Area: 855 370 sq km (330 258 sq miles)